Suicide clusters: an examination of age-specific effects.
The age specificity of time-space clusters of suicide was examined using National Center for Health Statistics data for 1978-84. Significant clustering of suicide occurred primarily among teenagers and young adults, with minimal effect beyond 24 years of age. Clustering was two to four times more common among adolescents and young adults than among other age groups.
Gould
M S
MS
Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY 10032.
Wallenstein
S
S
Kleinman
M H
MH
O'Carroll
P
P
Mercy
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention